How to Make a Bread Basket

I love serving bread, which always looks better in a nice-looking bread basket. Here is a DIY to make your own!

Bread baskets make great craft projects for anyone looking for a simple way to add a touch of personality to their home. In this post, I’ll show you how to make a quick and easy bread basket and share my favorite recipe for French bread. Keep reading for all of the details you need to make your own!

Bread Basket DIY

I don’t know why this is, but I don’t own a bread basket like this. It’s such an excellent item to have, but every time I make my bread recipe, I end up serving this warm, fresh bread on a cutting board.

Earlier this year I made a jute rope basket for flowers and I liked the method so much that I decided to make a bread basket.

I knew I had some of the thick white cotton piping upstairs in my craft room storage so I thought it would be fun to use that instead.

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A Handmade Bread Basket

I love how this came out. I always throw a napkin in the basket, but it is lined with cellophane, which makes it so practical.

The trickiest part of this DIY was finding a cardboard box shaped like the bread basket I wanted to make. I don’t even think they exist.

So I made one.

Yes, I made a cardboard box and a basket.

You can see both the box and the basket above. (And just so you know, I will keep the box so I can make a few more baskets!)

Isn’t it funny to see the box and the basket side by side?

How to Make a Box for the Bread Basket

I had a lot of ideas about how I could make a cardboard box with curved edges.

This was not what I had intended, but it came to me at the last minute and worked really well!

• one – Find a box that is close to the size you want. Just know that the shorter ends will be cut so that they can curve. Cut the box so that the height is slightly taller than the finished size of your basket.
• two – Open up the bottom of the box and cut down the side flaps by 50% in height. Cut the bottoms of the side flaps into 1″ sections.
• three – Fold the sides of the box to match along the 1″ cuts.
• four – On the bottom of the box, pull the bottom flaps so that they cross over. I crossed them over by about 2″. Seal with packing tape, make sure to keep the flaps straight on the sides when you tape the bottom.
• five – Make sure that the bottom flaps of the sides are resting on top of each other, and adjust the side of the box to the curve that you want. Do the same to both sides. Hint: If the sides won’t curve easily, the 1″ flaps are probably stuck together.
• six – Use more packing tape to secure the bottom flaps on the sides. Tape on both sides.

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Bread Basket DIY Steps

Here is what you need to make this basket.

A cardboard box

One roll of rope

Cellophane

Glue gun and glue sticks

Packing tape

Ten Steps to Make a Bread Basket

• one – The first step you need to do is wrap the box in cellophane so that you can glue the rope to the cellophane and then slip the cellophane and rope basket off of the box.
• two – Wrap the box with the cellophane tightly and securely, just make sure that the cellophane can slip off the box when you are done. I added scotch tape to hold the cellophane along the top and then removed it when it was time to take the basket off of the box.
• three – Start adding the rope to the bottom of the basket. Start on the outside of the bottom of the box, gluing the rope with a hot glue gun. The first row should actually be placed on the side of the bottom of the basket so the first row of rope on the sides can sit on top of it. After the outside row is glued, continue adding rope while working into the center.

• four – Adding the rope to the bottom actually goes very fast. Ensure the rope is touching the sides as you keep gluing.
• five – Once finished, cut the rope and secure it with more glue.
• six – Start adding the rope on the sides just as you did the bottom, continuing to wrap around the box.

• seven – Continue gluing the rope.
• eight – Once you are at your desired height with the rope, count the rows on each side to ensure they are even. End the rope at the same place you started.
• nine – Remove the tape that is holding the cellophane to the box and gently pull the basket off of the box.

You can see in this photo how similar my basket is to the box! Grab a pair of scissors and cut off the extra cellophane along the top.

That’s all you have to do!

If you want to make easy and delicious French bread, be sure to use my recipe. It’s an easy yeast recipe that comes out great every single time. (Make sure your yeast is fresh and not expired!)

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